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Historical Settlement of Liberia and its Environmental Impact

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Having been brought up in Liberia and being familiar with quite a few of the places and seen the effects of her subject matter, I can honestly say that what she has written a very perceptive and poignant book. I think that she has pointed out has truly affected the culture in Liberia was and still is influenced by the first settlers. One can certainly tell how in so many ways, why the ties are still so strong between Liberia and the United States and also how modern Liberian culture has assimilated to certain customs that can almost be described as being recycled. That is, customs having been brought from Africa originally and then influenced by European culture and slavery, returned to Africa by way of the freed slaves, sered as the basis on which many of these settlements were formed. The difficulties many of the initial freed slaves encountered when trying to establish themselves and the feelings of resentment fostered by them within the indigenous people by following their former masters example and setting themselves up as seperate and superior due to education, skin caste and religion. All over a very informative book, easy to read for anyone who is not already familiar with the subject.